FKIE_CVE-2005-4348

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2005-12-21 00:03 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:18
Severity
Summary
fetchmail before 6.3.1 and before 6.2.5.5, when configured for multidrop mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by sending messages without headers from upstream mail servers.
References
cve@mitre.orgftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070201-01-P.ascBroken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=343836Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://fetchmail.berlios.de/fetchmail-SA-2005-03.txtBroken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/17891Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/18172Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/18231Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/18266Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/18433Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/18463Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/18895Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/21253Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/24007Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/24284Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://securitytracker.com/id?1015383Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.443499Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-939Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_4_sr.htmlBroken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.osvdb.org/21906Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0018.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/420098/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435197/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15987Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19289Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0002/Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2996Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3101Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:236Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23713Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
cve@mitre.orghttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9659Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttps://usn.ubuntu.com/233-1/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20070201-01-P.ascBroken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=343836Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://fetchmail.berlios.de/fetchmail-SA-2005-03.txtBroken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/17891Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/18172Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/18231Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/18266Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/18433Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/18463Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/18895Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/21253Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/24007Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/24284Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1015383Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2006&m=slackware-security.443499Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-939Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_4_sr.htmlBroken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.osvdb.org/21906Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0018.htmlThird Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/420098/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/435197/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15987Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19289Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.trustix.org/errata/2006/0002/Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2996Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/3101Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://wwwnew.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:236Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23713Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9659Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://usn.ubuntu.com/233-1/
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
fetchmail fetchmail *
fetchmail fetchmail *

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  "affected": [
    {
      "affectedData": [
        {
          "product": "n/a",
          "vendor": "n/a",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "n/a"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "source": "cve@mitre.org"
    }
  ],
  "configurations": [
    {
      "nodes": [
        {
          "cpeMatch": [
            {
              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "64605C37-5FF4-4926-84BD-39041A01780B",
              "versionEndExcluding": "6.2.5.5",
              "versionStartIncluding": "6.2.0",
              "vulnerable": true
            },
            {
              "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
              "matchCriteriaId": "54D97A80-767B-4B3E-B908-52A595AA0FA7",
              "versionEndExcluding": "6.3.1",
              "versionStartIncluding": "6.3.0",
              "vulnerable": true
            }
          ],
          "negate": false,
          "operator": "OR"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "cveTags": [],
  "descriptions": [
    {
      "lang": "en",
      "value": "fetchmail before 6.3.1 and before 6.2.5.5, when configured for multidrop mode, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) by sending messages without headers from upstream mail servers."
    }
  ],
  "id": "CVE-2005-4348",
  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T22:18:37.913",
  "metrics": {
    "cvssMetricV2": [
      {
        "acInsufInfo": false,
        "baseSeverity": "HIGH",
        "cvssData": {
          "accessComplexity": "LOW",
          "accessVector": "NETWORK",
          "authentication": "NONE",
          "availabilityImpact": "COMPLETE",
          "baseScore": 7.8,
          "confidentialityImpact": "NONE",
          "integrityImpact": "NONE",
          "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C",
          "version": "2.0"
        },
        "exploitabilityScore": 10.0,
        "impactScore": 6.9,
        "obtainAllPrivilege": false,
        "obtainOtherPrivilege": false,
        "obtainUserPrivilege": false,
        "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
        "type": "Primary",
        "userInteractionRequired": false
      }
    ]
  },
  "published": "2005-12-21T00:03:00.000",
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  ],
  "sourceIdentifier": "cve@mitre.org",
  "vendorComments": [
    {
      "comment": "The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact.  An update is available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 to correct this issue:\nhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0018.html\n\nThis issue did not affect Red Hat Enterprise Linux 2.1 and 3.",
      "lastModified": "2007-01-31T00:00:00",
      "organization": "Red Hat"
    }
  ],
  "vulnStatus": "Modified",
  "weaknesses": [
    {
      "description": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "CWE-399"
        }
      ],
      "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
      "type": "Primary"
    }
  ]
}



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  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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